Author: BooMan

Quote of the Day

Michelle Cottle on Sarah Palin: Of course, unlike other categories of the rich and famous, political celebs (especially populist firebrands) cannot risk being seen as remote or out of touch. But here’s where Palin’s embrace of...

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Serious Question

Becoming a parent at the age of forty brings unique challenges. One is that I am an unusually foul-mouthed individual. And I live with a family of very foul-mouthed individuals. Every third word we utter is an expletive....

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Don’t Be a Puppet on a String

Greg Sargent and I are in complete agreement that the Republicans’ strategy of saying ‘no’ to everything is working beautifully for them. It can be seen in any number of polls, testing any number of public...

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So, It Will Be Energy & Climate

Harry Reid has made these types of pronouncements before only to backtrack, but here you go. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will bring a sweeping energy and climate bill to the floor as early as the week of July 26, including...

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GOP Suicide Mission

Sticking with the sports theme, Super Bowl XXVII was played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena rather than at the Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe because black NFL players refused to play the game in a state that refused to honor Martin...

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